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A family name on West 23rd Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Riley Park, South Cambie and Arbutus Ridge

The Smiths

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at five addresses

The directories print eight people named Smith at five addresses in 1940, all on West 23rd Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Smiths at 3625 West 23rd in 1940. The directories print the name on 305 other streets too, all listed on the Smith name's own page.

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Where the Smiths lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    950 West 23rd Avenue

    South Cambie, 1940

    • Elizabeth H Smith, a housekeeper for R A Aves 1940

    Next door in 1940: D Hardy at 940 and Miss F M Jones at 962. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3331 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • C F Smith, a mechanic at Easthope Bros 1940

    Next door in 1940: E G Vernon at 3319 and A K McLellan at 3343. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3541 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mamie McC Smith, widow of C B 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs H Kerr at 3535 and T Collett at 3547. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3625 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • Mrs H A Smith, widow of W S 1940
    • Edna Smith, a school teacher 1940
    • Jeanette E Smith, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: V M Rayment at 3641. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    3818 West 23rd Avenue

    Dunbar-Southlands, 1940

    • D B Smith, a barrister at Tiffin & Alexander 1940
    • Margaret Smith, widow of D 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss M E Lawrence at 3804 and R McCully at 3830. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for five of the eight: a school teacher (2), a barrister, a housekeeper and a mechanic. Three are widows, listed under their own names.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Dunbar-Southlands (4) and South Cambie. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Elizabeth H Smith at 950 West 23rd Avenue, a housekeeper for R A Aves. C F Smith is listed at 3331 West 23rd Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Charles F Smith there as the householder, a mechanic at Easthope Bros. The 1940 name section lists Mamie McC Smith at 3541 West 23rd Avenue, widow of C B.

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs H A Smith at 3625 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Hannah A Smith there as the householder, widow of W S, with Edna Smith, a school teacher, and Jeanette E Smith, a school teacher. In 1940 the directory lists D B Smith at 3818 West 23rd Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists D Blair Smith there as the householder, a barrister at Tiffin & Alexander, with Margaret Smith, widow of D.

Today

3818 West 23rd still has its building from before 1946, dated 1910 by the City's record and on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 950 West 23rd (1989), 3331 West 23rd (1991), 3541 West 23rd (2014) and 3625 West 23rd (1962) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 11 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under S. Want a name removed? Tell us.